Port

Vintage Port is the finest of all port styles and is made entirely from the grapes of a single year. Vintage Port makes up around 2% of a year’s total Port production.

Port vintages are declared when a port house (estate) feels that their wine in a particular vintage is of the highest quality. However, market forces can also influence a vintage declaration, i.e. whether the market can absorb another vintage at a particular time.

There is not always uniform agreement between houses as to whether a year should be declared a vintage, and on average there are around three declarations each decade.